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Pope Shenouda III called on Christians to”immediately” end their week-long protests outside the official TV building on 15 May 2011, a day after clashes near the Cairo Nile left 78 injured. Clashes broke out after an altercation between a young Muslim and Coptic Christians who have been staging a sit-in since 7 May. The Muslims returned to the protest site on 14 May, 2011, with a group of friends and fired on the Christians with a hunting rifle. Clashes then erupted with rocks being thrown and a number of young Muslims threw Molotov cocktails at the Christian protesters' vehicles.